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solemnwarning:
if i can find a good livecd that has x, samba, openoffice, ect installed i might be able to persuade the net-admins to let us run them any1 know of a good livecd like that? (preferebly KDE as gui)

Stryker:
the net admin will let you run software which would let you have full access to their hard drive?

Orethrius:

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:
the net admin will let you run software which would let you have full access to their hard drive?
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Nah, just the local machine's.   ;)

If it were me, I'd let them do it, but I'd also be running damage control to isolate each box from every other on the LAN and restrict outbound connections to port 80 of the WAN.  I might open 5190 if I'm feeling generous, and 3389 for users I trust who happen to run Windows on their home boxes.  If they're running IIS, though, they're lumped with the port 80 users.   :cool:

Stryker:
if you run a live cd, you can easily wipe out the hard drive, or read the contents of c:\documents and settings which, in the insecure windows world, contains a local copy of every user's files who have logged in.

so, you'll be able to access other users' files, format the hard drive, install viruses or spyware onto the machine, change the administrator's password, anything on that 1 machine. while it may not affect the network, it can still negatively affect that machine. I really doubt you will, or should, get permission.

now, if the school were to install a wifi network, and you were to bring a laptop, that would be good.

Master of Reality:
convince the admin to let you put linux on some machines... thats what i did

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